Hair curler



G. M. LENOIS March 4, 1958 HAIR CURLER Filed 001;. 10, 1955 mvmok race/259720 2' 5' ATTORNEY 5 United States Patent HAIR CURLER Grace M. Lenois, Turners Falls, Mass.

Application October 10, 1955, Serial No. 539,391

1 Claim. (Cl. 132-42) The present invention relates to hair curlers, and more particularly to curlers for use in cold wave, hair curling processes.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a cold wave hair curling rod having an antislip hair supporting surface and a resilient clamp for retaining the hair thereon.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hair curling rod of the class described having centrally located means for evenly distributing the cold waving solutions to the hair on the rod.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cold wave hair supporting rod having a resilient hair clamp in which the clamp is spaced from the rod throughout its length to prevent the breakage of hair thereby.

A still further object of the invention is to provide in a cold wave rod of the class described, a central solution carrying bore communicating by longitudinally extending slots to the exterior surface of the rod to evenly distribute the waving solution to the hair carried on the rod.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hair curling rod of the cold wave type which is inexpensive to manufacture, efficient in operation, and easy to use.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent in the following specification when considered in the light of the attached drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention, with the resilient clamp omitted for clarity;

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows and illustrating the resilient clamp in hair clamping position;

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse cross-section taken along the line 33 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 4 is an enlarged end elevation of the plug end of the rod;

Figure 5 is an enlarged end elevation of the closed end of the rod;

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse crosssection taken along the line 66 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows, and

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse crosssection taken along the line 77 of Figure 5, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the several figures, the reference numeral 16) indicates generally a hair curler constructed according to the invention, comprising a pair of disc-like members 11 and 12 which are axially aligned and spaced apart in parallel relation. A concave cylindrical body 13 is integrally joined to the disc-like members 11 and 12. The disc member 11 has a radially projecting portion 14 which extends radially beyond a large end 15 of the cylindrical member 13 connected to the disc 11. The disc 12 is likewise provided with a radial extension 16 which is substantially larger than the portion 17 of the cylindrical member 13 to which the disc 12 is integrally connected.

Fatented Mar. '4, 1958 The cylindrical member 13 is provided with a longi-' tudinally extending axial bore 18 which is closed by a portion 19 of the cylindrical member 13 adjacent the disc 11. A somewhat larger bore 20 extends through the disc 12 and into the cylindrical member 13 in communication with the bore 18. a

A series of radially extending slots 21 project through the side Wall of the concave cylinder member 13 and communicate at their inner end with the bore 18. The slots 21 are radially disposed about the bore 18 in equal spaced relation. A clamping plug, generally indicated at 22, comprises a disc-like member 23 having a boss 24' projecting axially from one end thereof with the boss 24 being of a size to permit its seating in the bore 20. A

second boss 25 projects axially from the outer end or the boss 24 and has a diameter such that it can be seated in the bore 18. The disc 23 has an axial bore 26 extending therethrough in communication with an axial bore 27 extending through the boss 24. An axial bore 28' extends through the boss 25 in communication at its outer end with the bore 18 and at its inner end with the bore 27, the bore 27 being tapered outwardly from 'the bore 28 to the bore 26.

The disc-like member 11 is provided in its peripheral edge with a slot 29 which extends parallel to the axis of V the disc 11 and is provided with a cylindrical portion 30 at the bottom thereof and a reduced neck portion 31' at the top thereof extending through the peripheral wall of the disc-like member 11. Slot 29 opens through the face of the disc-like member 11 opposite the cylindrical member 13 and extends partially through the disc 11 with the inner end of the reduced neck portion 31 terminating in an inwardly tapered end wall 32.

The plug 22 has a slot 33 formed in the peripheral portion of the disc-like member 23 thereof, and it is formed with its inner portion having a cylindrical cross section 34 and a reduced neck portion 35 extending outwardly therefrom through the peripheral face of the disclike member 23. The bottom 36 of the slot 33 tapers upwardly and inwardly toward the cylindrical portion 13.

A resilient band 37 formed from rubber or the like is provided with an enlarged head 38 at one end thereof which is adapted to engage in the slot 29, while the portion 37 attached thereto extends through the reduced neck portion 31 and over the peripheral face of the disclike member 11. The opposite end of the band 37 is likewise provided with an enlarged head 39 which is adapted to engage in the enlarged portion 40 of the slot 33 with the band 37 extending longitudinally through the slot 33 in engagement with the peripheral face of the disc-like member 12. It can be readily seen that the ban-d 37 is spaced a substantial distance from all portions of the cylindrical member 13, including the portions 15 and 17 thereof adjacent the disc-like members 11 and 12, respectively.

The cylindrical body portion 13 is roughened as at 41 to provide an antislip surface throughout the extent 1 of the surface of the cylindrical member 13 of the hair curler 19. The peripheral faces of the disc-like members 11 and 12 are formed smooth to prevent entanglement of the hair therewith, and the peripheral surface of the disc-like member 23 is roughened as at 42 to provide a non-slip finger grip for the plug 22 in applying the rod 19 to the hair.

In the use and operation of the hair curler disclosed above, hair to be curled is separated into tresses in the usual manner, and wound around the concave cylindrical body portion 13, with the plug 22 disengaged from the disc-like member 12 and with the band 37 out of damp ing position. After the hair is wound around the body portion 13, the plug 22 is brought into position adjacent the disc-like member 12 so that the resilient clamp 37 overlies the hair wound around the body member 13,

clamping it thereto and :the and 25, thereofsinserted into the bores 20 and 18 so asto maintain the plug 22 inposition-on the hair curler 10, The hair curling solution can-then be pouredsthrough the gE ,1f2.'-. s t land 18; to passthroiigh the slots :21

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791 fiii 'fi t llt qt with, any, portion of the hair support- 7 i 12 l iylia er memberi-t will prevent hair being broken while test 'gurls are being,,n1ade;' as'well as during the,

cur ng 0f 7 V ving thus 'describ edfthe, preferred fonniof the winveiitl u ta thq ld unders ood hat numerous modificav tions and structural adaptations may be resorted to withel t d partingr roml the s pe t the appended claim.

s c a me is: r a A hair curler comprising a concave cylindrical body having the diameters of the opposite ends thereof equal 7 ensiisubs n lly re t r than the diam ter of the p "t ion t-hereof intermediateithe ends, a pair of cylindrical discrlilge members integrallyattached respectivelyto opposite ends of said body, said disc-like members'having a dia rneter greater than the largest diameter'of said body storming shoulders at the juncture of said mernber and 7 said body further having a plurality of spaced radial slots 7 extending outwardly from said axial bore vthrough'the I side wall of said'body; a plug,ta boss integrally secured a J to and axially projecting from said plug for engagement within said bore of said body with said" boss and said tending therethr-ough in comj 7 re of said body and'a rea plug havingian axial bore; munication with'the axial silient hair clamping band having one end thereof detachably connected toithe edgejportion of sai d plug' and the other end thereof detachabl'y connected tothe edge portion of said t'discrlike member DPTPOSHBY said z plu'g' whereby hair'rolled on said concave cylindrical body may be resiliently clamped thereon, the'outer surface of' said concave cylindrical body being roughened throughout its length to provide an anti-skid surface on which to wrap hair and the peripheral surfaces of said plug as t ing roughened to. provide an anti-.skid grip. therefor. 7 

